Tower Records in Dublin are two (Dawson Street, O’Connell Street) of the last remaining independently-owned Tower Records going and as ever, they’ll be doing some special events for Record Store Day this Saturday.
Tower has seen vinyl sales increase in the last five years as RSD has become an established date on the calendar. To mark the run up to Saturday, Tower have offered me 5 vinyls from their Vinyl Countdown sale which is reducing hundreds of vinyl releases from €12.99 and includes albums from Jape, Massive Attack, Sam Smith, Thin Lizzy, Laura Marling, Bob Marley, Hozier, Rolling Stones, Feist and more.
I have five of them to giveaway:
Jape – This Chemical Sea
Sam Smith – In the Lonely Hour
Beck – Morning Phase
Laura Marling – Short Stories
Tower vinyl exclusive: HamsandwicH – Stories From The Surface.
To enter to win all five, just leave a comment below telling me what your favourite recent vinyl purchase was and I’ll pick a winner on Thursday.
Mine, is actually a copy of This Chemical Sea, which I bought from Tower on Dawson Street over the weekend.
‘think nothing’ – we cut corners 😉
My favourite recent vinyl purchase is Yo La Tengo – Extra Painful. It’s awesome to see such a great record get the reissue pressing it deserves.
Bought the 7″ of Teleman – Strange Combinations from their label Speedy Wunderground. Deadly tune!
Tune!
Death grips – the powers that b
‘Individ’ by The Dodos, on Orange vinyl. One of my favourite albums of the year thus far, and who doesn’t love a coloured record?
billy preston pressin” on
Bastille (Bad Blood)
Sufjan Stevens new record on clear vinyl…. what a beautiful album!
D’angelo – Black Messiah from Freebird.
On the want list that
Courtney Barnett- “Sometimes I sit and think and sometimes I just sit”
My Fave and most recent vinyl purchase was ‘Back in Black’ by ACDC from the sound cellar in 1986. I played that mutha grooveless.
My favourite recent Vinyl buy would have to be Amy Winehouse Back to Black and Haim Days are gone. Looking forward to Saturday and buying some more. would love to add these to my collection.
a limited Lambchop 12″ that I got when they played here a few months ago. 🙂
the rae morris album… 🙂
sufjan new one..and the age of ADZ..both are amazing…
My favourite recent vinyl purchase has to be Wolf Alice’s new 7″ release Giant Peach. They’re a band with a lot of potential who I see going pretty far, and I can’t wait to catch them at Longitude this summer!
Carrie & Lowell – Sufjan Stevens. Definitely my AOTY so far, anyway.
Post Tropical – James Vincent McMurrow. Beautiful listening 🌴❤🌴
I just ordered the new Calexico “Edge of the Sun” online – rubs hands with anticipation 😉
LCD at MSG.
Class
Tobias Jesso Jr – Goon
Our Love // Caribou
I think the older stuff always sounds better on vinyl. Got Marquee Moon by Television a few weeks back and it sounds great.
Grinderman’s 2nd album, Palaces Of Montezuma is such a class track
It’s a tough choice, I bought Ocean’s of Frequency the other week, but I just bought the Lend Me Your Face/Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues 7″ by FLApes and it’s just the best thing ever.
(I am so desperate for This Chemical Sea, oh god)
Lovin’ Spoonful – Summer in the city
Father John Misty’s “I Love You Honeybear” instant classic!
Darling Arithmetic by Villagers! Great album and I love Villagers so much 🙂
36 chambers by wu tang clan but gonna buy the black messiah tomorrow by d’angelo
My last purchase on vinyl was Velvet Underground and Nico album, so many classics on one vinyl.
Seasick Steve – Sonic Soul Surfer, 11 quid in HMV Grafton St!
Flying Lotus – You’re Dead!
A great trippy album, with great, trippy artwork. Also the first time I’ve enjoyed a Snoop Dogg verse in years.
so so hard to choose but recent purchase – Glass Animals – ZABA saw them preform at Body N Soul @ EP, then again at the Acadamy last month i was so impressed bought the LP the next day !!
Amy Winehouse – Your Wondering Now (Specials cover) 12″. Best of all the covers in my opinion!
The Postal Service ‘Give Up’ – a modern classic that sounds even sweeter on vinyl! 👌
The Postal Service – Give Up! 🙂
@elaine_buckley:disqus & @leanne_harte:disqus shop together
without a doubt Father John Misty’s new installment ‘I Love Your, Honeybear’; stunning record, stunning artwork, stunning man.
Sonic soul surfer., seasick steve
Kid Machine – First Contact
Soul Dracula by Hot Blood on 7″. Such a good song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHG0fzxwg3E
Nice tune!
Run the Jewels 2 and I can’t stop listening to it
I need to get that soon
Saturday Night at the Montmarte – Ben Webster. Beautiful album, and a lucky find! Bought from a cafe closing down sale
Sufjan Stevens stunning new album
I recently got a limited ed colour vinyl of Bjork’s Vespertine Lp. Great winter album but maybe not for balmy summer evenings like today.
Sufjan Stevens – love it!
Got the Jungle album recently… Wow!
I treated myself to original UK 1st pressings of Sgt Pepper and Abbey Road at a recent visit to a gorgeous little record shop in Camden.
Not the newest one around, but got Tame Impala’s “Lonerism”
‘No One’s Coming for Us’ by Trust fund! :))
‘Birthdays’ by Keaton Henson. Love it!
Kraftwerk – Radio-Activity
Esben And The Witch / Thought Forms – Split LP. Bought this solely for the track ‘No dog’. Crackin’ tune!
Museum of love – museum of love
Live! – Rory Gallagher. Recent stint in NYC had me rummaging through a $1 record box in a shop in Greenpoint. I find Rory, tell the guy gladly “He’s from where I’m from” but the vinyl is scratched to bits, and the sleeve falling off. I’m putting it back with a heavy heart, then directly behind it is another copy in mint condition. Bizarre. Best $1 I ever spent.
I really enjoyed Natalie Prass’ self-titled album; the production is fantastic and the instrumentation is beautiful 🙂 Got it in Freebird.
My favorite purchase this year has been the 7″ of Mini Mansions – Vertigo feat. Alex Turner on gold vinyl. It’s been on rotation ever since.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-R9p5ffBuk
My recent favorite is definitely HamsandwicH’s new album “Stories from the Surface”. I’ve been a massive fan for the last couple of years and I recently got to see them live in Killarney. They were amazing and Podge even dedicated “Fandango” (which is a song on the new album) to me, all because I tweeted them! Genuine people with genuine music, top class!
‘Spin-O-Rama’ – The Primitives
Winner???
The winner has been randomly chosen as Colm O’Rourke! Congrats!